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Hold on to your hats… here comes a roller-coaster, magical, mystical, and hilarious adventure for children of all ages. Little Odd lives happily on Cloud Ninety-Nine-a-Hundred, until one day, an accidental roll sends Little Odd tumbling to Earth. Completely clueless and lost, Little Odd soon gathers a motley crew of misfits and outcasts. Together, they embark on a madcap journey through The Dump, The Land of Wonder, the Pits of Despair, the Underworld, and finally, a grand finale of fun and festivities.

A Little Princess is a celebration of the invincible human spirit. Sara Crewe, a wealthy and imaginative child, is the envy of Miss Minchin's Select Seminary. But when her father dies suddenly, she is left penniless and alone in a harsh world.

No one could have imagined Odd Thomas ever leaving the perfect quirky comfort of Pico Mundo, least of all Odd himself. The little desert town that nurtured Odd all his life is the locus of everything he holds dear–his loyal friends, his ghostly confidants, and the place where he loved and lost...

Odd Thomas is back where it all started…because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. Across the land, in the company of mortals and spirits alike, he has known kindness and cruelty, felt love and loss, saved lives and taken them - as he's borne witness to humanity's greatest good and darkest evil.

But something goes wrong during the teleportation, and she is separated from her other half...once again. With Mithra's help, she has to return to Kongenssoevn to bring those she left behind to the safety of the Dominion before locating Asoko. But first comes the long-awaited reunion with her mother. The young Crawling Chaos gains insights into her past life, faces betrayal, and makes a new unlikely ally. Her involuntary journey even takes her into space, where she will learn the terrible secret about the world she reincarnated into.

Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas is one such literary hero, who has come alive in listeners’ imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is drawn onward, to a destiny he cannot imagine. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems.

It's a big day for Charlie Bell - the grand reopening of her Aunt Pansy's long-closed tea rooms in Tremevissey, a quaint Cornish seaside resort. But not everyone is chuffed for Charlie. The tea rooms are cursed, locals say. For Pansy was cruelly jilted by her lover, and walked out into the...

Brought to you by Penguin. The long-awaited autobiography from beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Gogglebox. There are few people Gyles Brandreth doesn't know or hasn't met - from the Queen to the Sex Pistols, Mandela and Marlene Dietrich to TS Eliot, he's...

The young Monica Madden cries for two days before her marriage to Edmund Widdowson; the ensuing claustrophobia, which opens the door for the more desirable Bevis, contrasts with Rhoda's independence - yet Rhoda's own principles are tested when she falls in love rather by accident.... The Odd Women is a remarkable book, ultimately optimistic in its hope for a societal shift that will benefit both men and women alike.

Alien gods are coming to devour our world. But someone needs to do the paperwork. Follow Morag Murray as she joins the government department tasked with making sure the end of the world goes as smoothly as possible. Combining cosmic horror, workplace comedy and found-family chaos, the Oddjobs series is about ordinary people trying to keep going long after the situation has stopped being remotely manageable. Enjoy books 1-3 in this boxed set. Unstoppable horrors from beyond are poised to invade and literally create Hell on Earth.

"Harding fondly shares observant moments in nature, during which his love of animals is evident in his pleasant tone punctuated by moments of awe." — AudioFile Magazine This program is read by the author. A 7-time Teen Choice Award Winner on Freeform's most-watched series, Pretty Little Liars...

Two best friends. One terrible event. Abdi Mahal and Noah Sadler have been inseparable since they met. They've stuck together, even when their peers have excluded them. But when a horrifying incident leaves Noah in a coma and fighting for his life, Abdi is too traumatised to say anything about what happened. DI Jim Clemo, freshly returned to work after an enforced leave of absence, is tasked to investigate.

Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. This is his story. Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train...

1360: Having left her days of rebellion behind, Jeanette of Kent has finally found contentment as a wife and mother. Then, she is delivered a new blow: her beloved husband, Thomas Holland, has died on duty overseas. Though broken, Jeanette readies herself once more to fight to protect what is...

After 30 years of a healthy, rewarding, and exciting life, I wake up in a hospital bed unable to move. The neurosurgeon leans down and breaks the news: You won't regain any function in your body and you will never walk again. My medical insurance sends me home, discontinues my care, and tells me to "adapt to my new life". Little Big Steps is the story of the pivotal moments, interactions, and breakthroughs following the injury that turned my life upside down.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM PENGUIN BLOOM “A triumph that will make your heart soar” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus), this true story follows a family’s journey of recovery, hope, and courage as they nurse an injured magpie back to health—from the New York...

You Are Strong: A Book for the Littlest Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Fans features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! Like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, you have an incredible strength inside you! This inspiring audiobook celebrates his amazing journey, showing even the...

The long-awaited New York Times bestselling memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, sharing an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank.​ "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming." —Edith Eger, author of The Choice In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi...

You Are Powerful: A Book for the Littlest Caitlin Clark Fans features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! You are powerful, baby! A rookie turned rising star. Listen to this powerful testament to resilience and drive, paying homage to the unstoppable spirit of Caitlin...

Short stories about sexual encounters, the energies that conspire to create them, and the energies that are created in their wake. Prose about our human endeavors to love. The Odd Purgatory is like no other collection of erotic short fiction.